Vaseline saves skin, and contrary to whatever is told about it, it does not clog pores. It's more of a barrier than a moisturizer.

she's likeable enough

her feet are the least of the problems. in less than 20 years she'll need a knee and hip socket replacement if she continues to regularly wear shoes like that.

um those heels look like they'd hurt my feet, esp being all stompy like in determined frustration.

OMG that's the SAME expression/push up action my SIL uses.

I have one, resorted to it after ALL of the suggestions above I had tried one by one and none of them actually worked due to some weird genetic predisposition to cracked heels. It totally works. And yes it's just beyond gross to microplane my heels but now I can wear sandals again and not be mortified.

@BarrettMeshuggah: I'm trying this recipe this week! Trader Joe's here we come...

um Ellio's was my lunch in elementary school and sometimes even dinner. in fact, it got so bad/my mom got so 'smart' that we downgraded to Pathmark brand Ellio's style pizza. our fridge was stuffed with it.

McCrotchety is going to drive me crazy with his lies.

all of that money and she winds up looking like the classic bag lady. she should have bought it all on ebay...I'm just saying...

since when is a subscription to Vogue a "value add?" when the vinyl belt only took 50 cents to make?

finally she wears a top that matches her skirt.

that one tam-minus-o'shanter on her head must go. even if its glue gunned to her wig.

@KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins: I bought those same ones on clearance!

finally a law that makes sense.

I wish I could wear that color. of course your meeting went well! the power of the hive will always pull you through. oh and don't forget auntie arirang - I will steer you to no wrong my dear. esp btw to all things wedding.

just wait, they get elected and Palin will ban Tina Fey, ban the DVDs, the Hulu uploads and views...

she reminds me so much of my crackpot SIL it scares me. the outdated hair situation, the indignant awkward tone in her voice when cornered into a half truth or more accurately, the giant cavernous blank spot in her head, the tenuousness of her knowledge base. it's only because GOP handlers are swooping in to both…

#2 but please for the love of G-d, iron it like mad with starch. even if it winds up super wrinkly in the end.

@agmac23: exactly. I think the problem is that for the most part, most of us derive our identities from the groups we are part of, and these groups are often inextricably connected to life's phases/rites of passages. Some of these are pretty damn traditional, such as pushing a kid out of one's body, some of these are…